rusva karna – hasrat mohani

iqbal bano singing

رسوا کرنا ۔ حسرت موہانی

 

دیکھنا بھی تو اُنہیں دور سے دیکھا کرنا

شیوۂ عشق نہیں حُسن کو رُسوا کرنا

 

اک نظر بھی تری کافی تھی پئے راحتِ جاں

کچھ بھی دشوار نہ تھا مجھ کو شکیبا کرنا

 

اُن کو یاں وعدے پہ آ لینے دے اے ابرِ بہار

جس قدر چاہنا پھر بعد میں برسا کرنا

 

شام ہو یا کہ سحر یاد اُنہیں کی رکھنی

دن ہو یا رات ہمیں ذکر اُنہیں کا کرنا

 

صوم زاہد کو مبارک رہے عابد کو صلوٰۃ

عاصیوں کو تری رحمت پہ بھروسا کرنا

 

عاشقو حُسنِ جفاکار کا شکوہ ہے گناہ

تم خبردار خبردار نہ ایسا کرنا

 

کچھ سمجھ میں نہیں آتا کہ یہ کیا ہے حسرتؔ

اُن سے مل کر بھی نہ اِظہارِ تمنّا کرنا

रुस्वा करना – हस्रत मोहानी

 

देखना भी तो उन्हें दूर से देखा करना

शेवा-ए-इश्क़ नहीं हुस्न को रुस्वा करना

 

इक नज़र भी तेरी काफ़ी थी पा-ए राहत-ए जाँ

कुछ भी दुश्वार न था मुझ को शकेबा करना

 

उन को याँ वादे पे आ लेने दे ऐ अब्र-ए बहार

जिस क़दर चाहना फिर बाद में बरसा करना

 

शाम हो या के सहर याद उन्हीं की रखनी

दिन हो या रात हमें ज़िक्र उन्हीं का करना

 

सौम ज़ाहिद को मुबारक रहे आबेद को सलात

आसियों को तेरी रहमत पे भरोसा करना

 

आशेक़ो हुस्न-ए जफ़ाकार का शिकवा है गुनाह

तुम ख़बरदार ख़बरदार न ऐसा करना

 

कुछ समझ में नहीं आता कि ये क्या है हसरत

उन से मिल कर भी न इज़हार-ए तमन्ना करना

 

rusva karna – hasrat mohani

Click on any she’r for word meanings and discussion.

dekhna bhi to unheN duur se dekha karna
sheva1-e ishq2 nahiN husn3 ko rusva4 karna
1.style, tradition/way of doing something 2.love 3.beauty, beloved 4.dishonored, embarrassed
urdu poetic tradition is that the poet/lover does not show his love in public so as not to embarrass the beloved. That is the way/style of love. So he has to look at her from a distance, if at all.

ek nazar bhi teri kaafi1 thi pa-e2 raahat3-e jaaN4
kuchh bhi dushvaar5 na tha mujh ko shakeba6 karna
1.enough 2.in order to 3.comfort of 4.soul 5.difficult 6.patient, satisfied, pacified
Only one glance was enough in order to comfort my soul. It was not at all difficult to satisfy/pacify me. But she did not do even that.

un ko yaaN vaade1 pe aa lene de aye abr2-e bahaar3
jis qadar4 chahna phir baad meN barsa karna
1.promise 2.cloud 3.spring 4.much
The beloved has promised to come. The poet/lover sees clouds in the sky and implores them … do not rain just yet, let her keep her promise, let her come. Then you can rain as much as you want.

shaam ho ya ki sahar1 yaad unhiN ki rakhni
din ho ya raat hameN zikr2 unhiN ka karna
1.dawn, morning 2.mention, remember, talk about
Be it morning or evening, it is for me to remember her. Be it day or night, it is for me to talk about her.

saum1 zaahid2 ko mubarak rahe aabid3 ko salaat4
aasiyauN5 ko teri rahmat6 pe bharosa7 karna
1.fasting, roza 2.devout 3.observant of worship/namaaz 4.prayer/namaaz 5.sinners 6.benevolence 7.believe in
May the devout be congratulated for observing the fast and may the fastidious worshipper be happy with namaaz. For us, sinners, the only thing we can depend on is your benevolence. anand narain mulla wrote
us ke karam pe shak tujhe zaahid zaroor tha
varna tera qusoor na karna qusoor tha
See, muntaKhab ash’aar – shooKhiyaana be-ehteraami

ashiqo1 husn2-e jafa-kaar3 ka shikva4 hai gunah
tum Khabardar5 Khabardar na aisa karna
1.lovers 2.beauty, beloved 3.tyrannical 4.compaint 5.beware
It is urdu poetic tradition that the poet/lover gladly bears all pain inflicted on him by the beloved. O, lovers, it is a sin to complain about the tyrannies of the beloved. Beware, be careful, never, never do this.

kuchh samajh meN nahiN aata ke ye kya hai hasrat
un se mil kar bhi na izhaar1-e tamanna2 karna
1.expression of 2.desire, love
I do not understand what (kind of tradition) this is, O, hasrat. Even upon meeting her, we are not supposed to express our love.

rusva karna – hasrat mohani

dekhna bhi to unheN duur se dekha karna
sheva1-e ishq2 nahiN husn3 ko rusva4 karna

1.style, tradition/way of doing something 2.love 3.beauty, beloved 4.dishonored, embarrassed

urdu poetic tradition is that the poet/lover does not show his love in public so as not to embarrass the beloved.  That is the way/style of love.  So he has to look at her from a distance, if at all.

ek nazar bhi teri kaafi1 thi pa-e2 raahat3-e jaaN4
kuchh bhi dushvaar5 na tha mujh ko shakeba6 karna

1.enough 2.in order to 3.comfort of 4.soul 5.difficult 6.patient, satisfied, pacified

Only one glance was enough in order to comfort my soul.  It was not at all difficult to satisfy/pacify me.  But she did not do even that.

un ko yaaN vaade1 pe aa lene de aye abr2-e bahaar3
jis qadar4 chahna phir baad meN barsa karna

1.promise 2.cloud 3.spring 4.much

The beloved has promised to come.  The poet/lover sees clouds in the sky and implores them … do not rain just yet, let her keep her promise, let her come.  Then you can rain as much as you want.

shaam ho ya ki sahar1 yaad unhiN ki rakhni
din ho ya raat hameN zikr2 unhiN ka karna

1.dawn, morning 2.mention, remember, talk about

Be it morning or evening, it is for me to remember her.  Be it day or night, it is for me to talk about her.

saum1 zaahid2 ko mubarak rahe aabid3 ko salaat4
aasiyauN5 ko teri rahmat6 pe bharosa7 karna

1.fasting, roza 2.devout 3.observant of worship/namaaz 4.prayer/namaaz 5.sinners 6.benevolence 7.believe in

May the devout be congratulated for observing the fast and may the fastidious worshipper be happy with namaaz.  For us, sinners, the only thing we can depend on is your benevolence.  anand narain mulla wrote
us ke karam pe shak tujhe zaahid zaroor tha
varna tera qusoor na karna qusoor tha
See, muntaKhab ash’aar – shooKhiyaana be-ehteraami

ashiqo1 husn2-e jafa-kaar3 ka shikva4 hai gunah
tum Khabardar5 Khabardar na aisa karna

1.lovers 2.beauty, beloved 3.tyrannical 4.compaint 5.beware

It is urdu poetic tradition that the poet/lover gladly bears all pain inflicted on him by the beloved.  O, lovers, it is a sin to complain about the tyrannies of the beloved.  Beware, be careful, never, never do this.

kuchh samajh meN nahiN aata ke ye kya hai hasrat
un se mil kar bhi na izhaar1-e tamanna2 karna

1.expression of 2.desire, love

I do not understand what (kind of tradition) this is, O, hasrat.  Even upon meeting her, we are not supposed to express our love.

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